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UN WOMEN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2017
Japanese husbands' pocket money seen shrinking as mothers gain more respect from kids
Salarymen have taken a pummeling in recent years — with pay stagnating and rising numbers of working women and mothers eroding their once-dominant position as the family's breadwinner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 1, 2017
'Comfort women' statue in Georgia latest to irk Japan
A new “comfort women” statue pops up in a suburb just northeast of Atlanta as the movement to commemorate the victims continues to frustrate Japanese diplomats.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2017
LDP lawmakers take to the kitchen to promote female workplace empowerment
From veterans to rookies, male lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party sliced tomatoes, grilled salmon and fried chicken as they exemplified ways in which husbands can share in household duties during a political event on Wednesday promoting female participation in the workplace.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2017
France elects women to record 156 parliamentary seats, as gender balance policy pays off
France voted a record number of women into parliament on Sunday, thanks largely to President Emmanuel Macron's decision to field a gender-balanced candidate list for his victorious Republic on the Move (LREM) party.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 5, 2017
Top OECD official touts hiring quotas in Japan would give 'womenomics' a shot in the arm
Mandatory quotas for hiring and promoting women are options Japan could consider to take its "womenomics" push to the next level, according to the social policy chief at the OECD.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 3, 2017
Chilean wine a hit among Japan's working women
Japan's swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 2, 2017
'Wonder Woman' sets out on her quest to transform Hollywood
"Wonder Woman," the comic-book epic poised to dominate the box office this weekend, also shatters one of the remaining glass ceilings for women — directing big-budget, Hollywood superhero movies.

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A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
Dealing with rising land vacancies as Japan shrinks